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Paul Storr
English, 1771–1844
Assembled Tea Service
1806/7
The sturdy, rounded shapes of the four vessels in this tea service—including a teapot, hot water jug, sugar bowl, and cream jug—were probably inspired by the forms of ancient Roman oil lamps. English silversmith Storr decorated several of the handles with acanthus leaves, a motif also adopted from classical antiquity. The service sits on an oblong tray made by William Bennett, inscribed with the Latin motto facta non verba, meaning “deeds, not words.”
Image Caption
Paul Storr, Assembled Tea Service, 1806/7, silver and wood. Clark Art Institute, gift of Mrs Bertrand L Kohlmann in memory of her husband, son of Hugo Kohlmann, Institute trustee, ��, and president, ��, 1982.99
Medium
silver and wood
Dimensions
Unknown
Object Number
1982.99
Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Bertrand L. Kohlmann in memory of her husband, son of Hugo Kohlmann, Institute trustee, 1950–65, and president, 1960–65, 1982
Status
On View
Select Bibliography
Crichton Brothers. Advertisement. Connoisseur 118, no. 502 (December 1946). Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Annual Report, 1983. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984. Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
A. E. W. Darby (teapot); with Crichton Brothers, London; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 6 December 1946; presented to Hugo Kohlmann; by descent to Bertrand L. Kohlmann; presented to Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute by Mrs. Bertrand L. Kohlmann in memory of her husband, 19 November 1982.